Current Affairs September 2010

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CURRENT AFFAIRS & GK SEPTEMBER 2010

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1. The head of newly constituted NationalInnovation Council is(A) Sam Pitroda (B) K. Kasturirangan(C) Samir Brahmachari (D) None

2. Union Cabinet recently cleared the Bill toprotect-(A) Minorities (B) Scheduled Castes(C) Whistle Blowers (D) None of the above

3. Recently Asian Development Bankapproved loan for National CapitalRegion worth-(A) $ 1 50 million (B) $ 200 million(C) $ 1 00 million (D) $ 300 million

4. Recently GOM approved(A) Religion-based census (B) Caste-basedcensus (C) Sub-caste-based census(D) None of the above

5. Which political party has emerged as therichest one in India?(A) BJP (B) Congress (C) CPM (D) BSP

6. The Central Government has set up a

committee to evolve a comprehensivepolicy on autonomy for-(A) Central Universities(B) Indian Institutes of Technology(C) The Indian Institutes of Management(d) All of the above

7. Nuclear Submarine Akula has beenhanded over to India recently by --(A) France (B) Russia (C) USA (D) Germany

8. Lok Sabha on August 25, 2010 adopted-(A) Educational Tribunal Bill (B) Bill onWhistle Blowers (C) Nuclear LiabilityBill (D) None of the above

9. The World's Number two economy is-(A) USA (B) Japan (C) China (0) Germany

10. As per the recent report how many UNpeacekeeping missions India has taken part

in?(A) 50 (B) 42 (C) 60 (0) 7 0

11. The United States recently concluded amajor phase of military withdrawal from-(A) Afghanistan (B) Iraq(C) Iran (D) Cuba

12. Which of the following signed recentlypact to fight terrorism?(A) Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan andTajikistan(B) Tajikistan, China, Pakistan and India(C) India, Iran, Pakistan and China(D) None of the above

13. Russia recently ex tended base lease in-(A Georgia (B) Armenia(C) Turkey (D) Azerbaijan

14. Karrar is the unmaruled bomberaircraft of--(A) Iraq (C) Turkey (B) Iran (D) Pakistan

15. Iran recently test-fired its(A) Gauri Missle (B) The Fateh 110(C) Shaheen (D) None of the above

16. Which African country recently

adopted its new Constitution?(A) Kenya (B) Zimbabwe(C) Mozambique (D) South Africa

17. ESPO which recently came into newsstands for-(A) Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline(B) Eastern Sino Philippines Ocean pipeline(C) East Siberia-Philippines Ocean pipeline(D) None of the above

18. Saina Nehwal has been named thebrand ambassador for-(A) Orissa (B) Andhra Pradesh(C) Tamil Nadu (D) Kerala

19. North India's first Food Processing Parkis being dev eloped in-(A) Haryana (B) Kerala(C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Karnataka


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20. Justice Barin Ghosh has recently beenappointed Chief Justice of-(A) Uttarakhand High Court(B) Patna High Court(C) Calcutta High Court

(D) Madras High Court

21. Justice Bhagwati Prasad has recentlybeen appointed as the Chief Justice of-(A) Orissa High Court (B) Patna High Court(C) Jharkhand High Court (D) None

22. Who has recently been honoured with18th Rajiv Gandhi National SadbhavanaAward?(A) Shabana Azmi(B) Maulana Wahiduddin Khan(C) Javed Akhtar (D) None of the above

23. Who among the following has not beenhonoured with the 2010 Ramon MagsaysayAward?(A) Tadatoshi Akiba (B) Huo Daishan(C) Fu Quiping (D) Ratan Tata

24. Jimena Navarrete who has been

crowned Miss Universe 2010 is from-(A) Brazil (B) Mexico(C) Argentina (D) Chile

25. Who among the following has beendeclared as Businessman of the decade?(A) Mukesh Ambani (B) Anil Ambani(C) Ratan Tata (D) Azim Premji

26. Who among the following has beenconferred with the Sahitya Akademi

Bhasha Samman ?(A) Gurudev Singh (B) K. Srirammurithy(C) Both of the above (D) None of the above

27. The book 'The Masque of Africa' is thebook written by -(A) V. S. Naipaul (B) Raghav Bahl(C) Tony Blair (D) M. S. Swaminathan

28. India will have Forest Satellite in-

(A) 201 5 (B) 2020 (C) 201 3 (D) 201 2

29. Who among the following has beennamed UNESCO's National Ambassador?(A) Aishwarya Rai (B) Priyanka Chopra(C) Sharmila Tagore (D) Kajol

30. World Foods Day is observed on-(A) October 16 (B) October 5(C) October 10 (D) October 20

31. United Nations Day is observed on-(A) October 10 (B) October 16(C) October 24 (D) October 28

32. Who among the following wonMicromax ODI Series?(A) Sri Lanka (B) India(C) Both jointly (D) None of the above

33. Champion Hockey Trophy has recentlybeen clinched by -(A) New Zealand (B) Australia(C) Britain (D) Germany

34. Who among the following bagged theSantosh Trophy of Football?(A) Punjab (B) Bengal

(C) Maharashtra (D) Kerala

35. Who has clinched Hungarian GrandPrix?(A) Mark Webber (B) Lewis Hamilton(C) Sebastian Vettel (D) None of the above

36. The 23rd Grandmaster of India is-(A) Abhijit Gupta (B) B. Adhiban(C) Padmini Rout (D) None of the above

37. The first Indian to win PGA Title (Golf)is-(A) Arjun Atwal (B) Jeev Milkha Singh(C) Both jointly (D) None of the above

38. Tejaswini Sawant is the first Indianwoman to be crowned world champion in-(A) Shooting (B) Wrestling(C) Boxing (D) Athletics


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39. Who among the following won DoubleTrap Gold in World Shooting Championshiprecently?(A) Asher Noria (B) Gagan Narang(C) Tejaswini Sawant (D) None

40. In recently held Summer Youth OlympicGames which of the following grabbedhighest number of medals?(A) China (B) Russia(C) South Korea (D) Ukraine

41. India & US signed an agreement for co-operation on a Join Clean Energy ResearchDevelopment Centre. Under the agreementthe areas of cooperation would include(a) Energy efficiency of buildings and smartgrids. (b) Unconventional natural gas.(c) Second-general bio-fuels, clean coaltechnologies and solar energy(D) all of the above.

42. The Rajya Sabha passed the ForeignContribution Bill 2006 on August 19, 2010.Those prohibited from receiving anyforeign contribution include

(a) A candidate for election, corresponded,columnist, cartoonist and editor.(b) Editor, owner, primer or publisher of aregistered newspaper and Judge.(c) Government servant, employee of anycorporation, member of any legislature,political parry or office bearers.(d) All of these.

43. Who has topped the Newsweekmagazine's list of 10 world leaders who

have won respect across the world?(a) Dr. Manmohan Singh (b) Sonia Gandhi(c) Barack Obama (d) Katsuya Okada

44. Who has been made the head of therecently approved atonal InnovationCouncil?(a) Nandan Nilkeni (b) Dr. Sam Pitroda(c) Dr. Amartya Sen (d) R. A . Mashelkar

45. The biometric phase of Census 2011will cover photographing, fingerprinting

and iris mapping of all citizens over the ageof(a) 10 y ears (b) 12 y ears(c) 13 y ears (d) 15 y ears

46. India had signed a Rs. 18,798-crore dealwith France in 2004 for sixties electricsubmarines to be constructed at MazagaonDockyard Limited. The first submarine ofthe batch is e: cpecred to be completed by(a) 201 0 (b) 201 2 (c) 201 4 (d) 201 8

47. The Rajya Sabha recently passed byvoice vote the Trade Marks (Amendment)Bill, 2009, that allows any person or anenterprise to seek registration or trademark in any of the member countries of theMadrid protocol through a singleapplication.(a) 64 (b) 7 2 (c) 84 (d) 92

48. According to the Public InterestDisclosure and Protection to personsmaking the Disclosure Bill, 2010 who willbe the moral authority to handlecomplaints against the State, Central

Government or PSU employees?(a) Controller and Auditor General of India.(b) Central Vigilance Commission(c) Supreme Court (d) None of these.

49. Indian Scientific institutions are all setto design the next generation of wirelesssystems across India with the scientists of(a) United Kingdom (b) USA(c) Germany (d) France

50. Recently three lakh employees went onstrike for the implementation of 6th paycommission(a) UP (b) West Bengal(c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan

51. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laidthe foundation stone of Rs. 6000 croreNTPC Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, powerequipment manufacturing unit at

(a) Sitapur (b) Tirupati(c) Mumbai (d) ]abalpur


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Answers: 1.a, 2.c, 3.a, 4.b, 5.b, 6.d, 7.b, 8.c,9.c, 10.b, 11.b, 12.a, 13.b, 14.b, 15.b, 16.a,17.a, 18.b, 19.a, 20.a, 21.c, 22.b, 23.d, 24.b,

25.c, 26.c, 27.a, 28.a, 29.b, 30.a, 31.c, 32.a,33.b, 34.b, 35.a, 36.b, 37.a, 38.a, 39.a, 40.a.41.d 42.d, 43.a, 44.b 45.d 46.b 47.c, 48.b,49.a, 50.c , 51.b

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